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of the Self (Gnan). When you realize your own Self, is then you become free.
... And the Decisions Remain
Over here, however many falsely ascribed intents (aropit bhaav), you have made, they are all worldly intents (sansari bhaav). And because of those worldly intents (sansari bhaav), other parliamentary members (mind, intellect, chit and ego) come together. All these members, having come together, collectively come to a decision, and effective (karya) body is made. Then, effect and causes, causes and effect, effect and causes ...just continually go on and on.
Is this name 'Chandubhai' effective or not? If someone said, “That Chandubhai that owns the cinema is a bad person! just saying that, will have an effect on you. Is this body effective or not? Even this speech is effective too. Does your speech not have an effect on some people? And even the mind is effective. If the mind becomes restless, it will not let you sleep. One gets ready for bed at ten-thirty at night. Everyone says, 'Chandubhai, go to bed', so he goes to bed. He then remembers that he has lent someone twenty-five thousand rupees, but he still has not got it in writing. As soon as he has this thought, his mind becomes restless and it will not let him sleep. So is the mind not ‘effective' also?
Therefore, the mind, speech and body are all effective. They give rise to causes. From the attachment-abhorrence (raagdwesh), that occur through them; causes arise, which is the causal body, that will become the effective body, in the next life. The causal body is referred to as karan sharira, and effective body as the karya sharira (the active body giving effects).
Therefore, after it becomes a causal body (karan sharira), the parliamentary process comes together. After the parliamentary process (interaction of mind, intellect, chit and ego) has occurred, only the decisions of the parliament remain, while the members of the parliament all leave. Each of those decisions, continue to